ANF arrests 3 drug peddlers in city

The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) on Friday foiled a bid of smuggling of drugs and seized millions of rupees worth narcotics here. The ANF also arrested three drug peddlers including a B.Sc student, officials said. The ANF officials during a search arrested two accused in a bus carrying a large consignment of drugs with them, according to the officials.
In another raid the ANF officials arrested a B.Sc student and recovered drugs from his car.Accused Zain was involved in supplying narcotics at the educational institutions, ANF officials said.The Anti-Narcotics Force on Thursday seized narcotics weighing 3244.453 kilograms and worth Rs2.379 billion during various raids.According to reports, ANF officers conducted several raids on the suspected hideouts of drug peddlers and arrested 16 drug traffickers including two women.—INP